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Kalun D · 01-24-05, 09:31 PM

You sound very enthusiastic Fernando, and all car lovers should give support to anyone who attempts to build GT40's. It's a very difficult task which not very many people are even capable of much less masochistic enough to want to pursue.

In this case I would like to present some constructive criticism hopefully to help GT NA in their endeavors, knowing I wouldn't want to attempt the awesome task of bringing a GT 40 to market. I'll admit up front this probably is armchair quarterbacking though.

The GT NA is a pretty nice car overall. I'm sure also that the high price reflects the price of components and quality of design and construction, I mean look at all that carbon fibre. It has top priced components and flawless construction. It falls flat in only a couple of key places in design and component choices which if corrected would make it a premier example among all the GT40 kits.

The first would be the 4 barrel carb, in this price range it should be 8 stack webers or 8 stack TWM induction with Motec style engine management.

Next would be the flat bottom steering wheel, totally out of character. Aren't these for formula cars with very quick steering ratios? From the pics it looks like this car has a Mustang II rack with the 4.0 very slow ratio.

The non crossover exhaust is another. Although this looks like a highly tuned system with equal length primaries, it just doesn't have the look or the sound.

Lastly and this may only matter to the purists among us, at 2500 lbs it's a little bit on the heavy side. Isn't all that carbon fibre supposed to make things lighter?

I was always struck by how perfect the GT40 is. I think that's one of it's major appeals. It was refined over a short period with a massive combined factory and race teams effort and there's not really much you can change on it that doesn't detract from that perfection. At this price range it should be as near perfect as possible.

Maybe though like Steve points out GT NA's target customers might not be technically savvy enough to notice the GT NA's departure from originality or are the type that are just not bothered by it.

Oh well, IMHO or course.

01-24-05, 09:31 PM	#24 (permalink)
Kalun D Kalun_D 6 Tenths Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Seattle GT40: Scratch build Posts: 639 Rep Power: 12	Re: Visit to GT40 NA Factory You sound very enthusiastic Fernando, and all car lovers should give support to anyone who attempts to build GT40's. It's a very difficult task which not very many people are even capable of much less masochistic enough to want to pursue. In this case I would like to present some constructive criticism hopefully to help GT NA in their endeavors, knowing I wouldn't want to attempt the awesome task of bringing a GT 40 to market. I'll admit up front this probably is armchair quarterbacking though. The GT NA is a pretty nice car overall. I'm sure also that the high price reflects the price of components and quality of design and construction, I mean look at all that carbon fibre. It has top priced components and flawless construction. It falls flat in only a couple of key places in design and component choices which if corrected would make it a premier example among all the GT40 kits. The first would be the 4 barrel carb, in this price range it should be 8 stack webers or 8 stack TWM induction with Motec style engine management. Next would be the flat bottom steering wheel, totally out of character. Aren't these for formula cars with very quick steering ratios? From the pics it looks like this car has a Mustang II rack with the 4.0 very slow ratio. The non crossover exhaust is another. Although this looks like a highly tuned system with equal length primaries, it just doesn't have the look or the sound. Lastly and this may only matter to the purists among us, at 2500 lbs it's a little bit on the heavy side. Isn't all that carbon fibre supposed to make things lighter? I was always struck by how perfect the GT40 is. I think that's one of it's major appeals. It was refined over a short period with a massive combined factory and race teams effort and there's not really much you can change on it that doesn't detract from that perfection. At this price range it should be as near perfect as possible. Maybe though like Steve points out GT NA's target customers might not be technically savvy enough to notice the GT NA's departure from originality or are the type that are just not bothered by it. Oh well, IMHO or course.